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United States Patent | 5,518,334 |
Yagi ,   et al. | May 21, 1996 |
Disclosed is a hinge connecting mechanism for connecting a connector housing to a lid in a hinged fashion via a hinge portion integrally molded with the connector housing with a small thickness. The hinge connecting mechanism assures that a malfunction does not arise where the hinge portion is undesirably broken or torn away from the container as the lid is repeatedly opened and closed. A plate member connected to a connector housing in a hinged fashion includes a hinge extension having the same width as that of a hinge portion, while extending in continuation from the hinge portion. The hinge extension is formed on a surface of the plate member adapted to face an upper wall of the connector housing when the plate member is closed.
Inventors: | Yagi; Sakai (Shizuoka, JP); Tsuji; Masanori (Shizuoka, JP); Kashiyama; Motohisa (Shizuoka, JP) |
Assignee: | Yazaki Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 087297 |
Filed: | July 8, 1993 |
Jul 08, 1992[JP] | 4-203207 |
Current U.S. Class: | 403/291; 220/839; 439/595; 439/752 |
Intern'l Class: | F16C 011/04; H01R 013/46 |
Field of Search: | 403/41,65,66,68,70,291 439/595,596,752 16/225,DIG. 13 220/375,334,339 |
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Foreign Patent Documents | |||
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